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TIL that despite homosexual activity being punishable by death in the country, Iran allows gender reassignment surgery, and performs more of them than any country except Thailand. In 2005 they did 7 times as many as all of the EU combined.

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Ypvgd TIL of The Conqueror, a 1956 movie produced by Howard Hughes, starring John Wayne and filmed downwind from a nuclear weapons testing site. 91 crew members later developed cancer including Wayne and his two sons. Panned by critics, Hughes purchased every print to keep it out of circulation.
Br9yk TIL about Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, an oversize celebrity comic book published by DC Comics in 1978. The 72-page book features Superman teaming up with the heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to defeat an alien invasion of Earth, but first they have fight each other in a boxing match.
8arVb TIL that the term to describe anyone who is unfamiliar with sailing or who simply lives on land is not “land lover” but actually “land-lubber”. A "lubber" is a 14th century derogatory word to describe a clumsy or stupid person.
9YgdG TIL that AAAA batteries exist.
p47b TIL: That Sharp made a TV with an NES system built in.